Mealey's (November 27, 2017, 10:57 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In an 8-1 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 27 denied two certiorari petitions challenging the federal government’s decision to take 13,000 acres of land in central New York into trust for the Oneida Indian Nation of New York (Upstate Citizens for Equality, Inc., et al. v. The United States of America, et al., No. 16-1320; Town of Vernon, N.Y., v. United States of America, et al., No. 17-8, U.S. Sup.)....